# List of works set within one day

Full-length media whose entire plot takes place during one day.

## Novels

* 1982, Janine
* 253
* The 25th Hour
* A Girl in Winter
* A Single Man
* The Act of Roger Murgatroyd
* After Dark
* Alastalon salissa
* The Almost Moon
* Angels & Demons
* April Morning
* Arlington Park
* The Art of the Engine Driver
* Between the Acts
* Billiards at Half-past Nine
* The Birthday Party
* Breathing Lessons
* The British Museum Is Falling Down
* Bunny Lake Is Missing
* By Night in Chile
* The Cambridge Quintet
* Concluding
* Cosmopolis
* Cosmétique de l'ennemi
* The Da Vinci Code
* The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years
* Death of a River Guide
* The Dinner
* Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
* Eleven
* Eleven Hours
* Embers
* The Fear Index
* Fear Nothing
* From Nine to Nine
* Gerald's Party
* Golf in the Kingdom
* Grado. Süße Nacht
* Hogfather
* The Hours
* The House in Paris
* I Am Mary Dunne
* If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
* Injury Time
* Intimacy
* Jokers Wild
* Joy
* Last Post
* The Mezzanine
* Mrs Dalloway
* Night Boat to Tangier
* Odd Thomas
* One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
* One Night @ the Call Center
* Operation Hell Gate and the other novels in the 24 series
* Party Going
* The Penultimate Peril
* The Pigeon
* The Poorhouse Fair
* Popcorn
* Prajapati
* Rat Trap
* The Reluctant Fundamentalist
* Room Temperature
* Saturday
* Second Thoughts
* Seize the Day
* Snuff
* Serious Sweet
* The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
* This Town Will Never Let Us Go
* Time, Forward!
* Today Will Be Different
* Tomorrow
* Ulysses
* Under the Volcano
* Untouchable
* Windows on the World
* The Winner Stands Alone

## Television shows

* 24 (2001-2014), each season of which is set within 24 hours
* No Through Road (2009-2012)

## Films

* 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
* 10 Items or Less
* 11:14
* 12 Angry Men (1957)
* 12 Angry Men (1997)
* 13 Beloved
* 16 Blocks
* 1917
* 1941
* 200 Cigarettes
* 24: Redemption
* 25th Hour
* 4:44 Last Day on Earth
* 30 Minutes or Less
* 80 Minutes
* 88 Minutes
* A Cry in the Night
* Ad-lib Night
* Adventures in Babysitting
* After Hours
* Ah, Wilderness!
* Airplane!
* Airplane II: The Sequel
* Airport
* Airport 1975
* Albino Alligator
* Aliens in the Attic
* All Dogs Go To Heaven 2
* An All Dogs Christmas Carol
* All Night Long
* American Graffiti
* Are We There Yet?
* Arsenic and Old Lace
* Arthur Christmas
* Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
* Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
* Atom Heart Mother
* Attack the Block
* Au Revoir Taipei
* Baby's Day Out
* Bad Day at Black Rock
* Bad Times at the El Royale
* Barbershop
* Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
* Before Midnight
* Before Sunrise
* Before Sunset
* Before We Go
* Ben Is Back
* Bicycle Thieves
* Blackmail (1929)
* The Blob
* Bodies Bodies Bodies
* The Boys in the Band (1970)
* The Boys in the Band (2020)
* The Breakfast Club
* Britain in a Day
* Broken Arrow (1996)
* Buffalo '66
* Bullet Train
* Buried
* Burn
* Burnt by the Sun
* Can't Hardly Wait
* The Captain
* Car Wash
* Carnage (2011)
* The Cat in the Hat
* Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
* Cause for Alarm!
* Celebration Day
* Cellular
* Certified Copy
* Changing Lanes
* Changing the Game
* Chennaiyil Oru Naal
* A Christmas Carol (1938)
* A Christmas Carol (1984)
* A Christmas Carol (1999)
* A Christmas Carol (2009)
* Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
* Cléo from 5 to 7
* Clerks.
* Clockwise
* Cloverfield
* Clue
* Cocktail (2010)
* Collateral
* The Commuter
* Connected
* Cop Car
* Cornered!
* Cosmopolis
* Crank
* Crash Landing
* Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Yakiniku Road of Honor
* Criminal
* Critters
* The Daytrippers
* Dazed and Confused
* Death and the Maiden
* The Debut
* Déficit
* Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train
* Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea
* Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem
* Detective Story
* Deterrence
* Devil (2010)
* Die Hard
* Die Hard 2
* Die Hard with a Vengeance
* Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon
* Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!
* The Dinner
* Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
* Do the Right Thing
* Dog Day Afternoon
* Dr. Strangelove
* Drake & Josh Go Hollywood
* Dredd
* Dude, Where's My Car?
* Duel
* Dutchman
* Earthquake (1974)
* Ek Ruka Hua Faisla
* Elephant
* An Elephant Sitting Still
* Empire Records
* Escape from New York
* Executive Decision
* The Eye Creatures
* Fail-Safe
* Failure!
* Faithful
* Falling Down
* Fantastic Voyage
* The Fatal Encounter
* Ferris Bueller's Day Off
* The Fire Within
* First Blood
* First Day High
* Flightplan
* Four Rooms
* Frailty
* Freaky Friday (1976)
* Free Fire
* Friday (1995)
* Friday (2012)
* Friday After Next
* From Dusk Till Dawn
* The Front Page
* Fruitvale Station
* Fun Size
* Gideon's Day
* Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
* The Goonies
* Grand Theft Auto
* Grandma
* Gravity (2013)
* The Great Train Robbery (1903)
* Grilled
* Grown Ups 2
* Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
* Halloween II (1981)
* Halloweentown
* Happy Death Day
* Hard Candy
* Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
* The Hateful Eight
* A Haunting in Venice
* Heart of America
* Heretic
* The High and the Mighty
* High Noon
* The Hollywood Knights
* Holy Motors
* Home Sweet Home
* Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
* Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
* The House of Yes
* House Party
* House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute
* I Love You, Beth Cooper
* I Wanna Hold Your Hand
* The Ice Harvest
* The Iceman Cometh (1973)
* The Incident
* Intimate Strangers (2018)
* Intruder (1989)
* Invasion of the Saucer Men
* It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
* Jeff, Who Lives at Home
* Jingle All the Way
* Judgment Night
* Juno and the Paycock
* Kids
* The Killing Jar
* The Killing Room
* Kings and Desperate Men
* La Haine
* La Notte
* Laid to Rest
* Las Vegas Bloodbath
* The Last Hurrah
* Last Night (1998)
* Lebanon
* Life in a Day (2011)
* Light It Up
* Locke
* Long Day's Journey into Night (1962)
* Long Day's Journey into Night (1973)
* The Longest Daycare
* Losin' It
* Mahishasur Marddini - A Night to Remember
* Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
* Mad City
* Magnolia
* Malcolm & Marie
* Mallrats
* Margin Call
* Mars Needs Moms
* The Menu
* Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
* Mixed Nuts
* Money Monster
* Monster Mash (1995)
* The Muppet Christmas Carol
* Murder by Death
* My Dear Enemy
* My Dinner with Andre
* My Soul to Take
* The Negotiator
* Nerve (2016)
* New Year's Eve (2011)
* New York Minute
* Next Friday
* Nick of Time
* 'night, Mother
* Night of the Living Dead (1968)
* Night of the Living Dead (1990)
* Night on Earth
* Nine Lives (2005)
* Nine Queens
* Non-Stop
* Nothing to Lose
* No Through Road
* Odd Man Out
* Offside
* On the Town
* One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
* One Fine Day
* One Wonderful Sunday
* Orr Eravuu
* Our Relations
* Out for Justice
* The Pagemaster
* Pandorum
* Panic Room
* The Paper
* Penny Dreadful
* Perfect Strangers (2016)
* The Petrified Forest
* Phantom of the Megaplex
* Phone Booth
* Picnic
* Pieces of April
* The Polar Express
* Poseidon
* Premature
* Premium Rush
* The Prince and the Pauper (1990)
* Project X (2012)
* Psycho Cop
* Psycho Cop 2
* PTU
* Quarantine (2008)
* Quarantine 2: Terminal
* Quick Change
* Radioland Murders
* Rat Race
* Rebel Without a Cause
* REC
* Red Eye
* Repo! The Genetic Opera
* Retribution
* The Return of the Living Dead
* Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
* The Rocky Horror Picture Show
* Roger Dodger
* Room in Rome
* Rope
* The Rugrats Movie
* Run (1991)
* Run Lola Run
* Running Scared (2006)
* The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
* Sanctum
* Saturday Night (2024)
* Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
* Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
* Scrooge (1935)
* Scrooge (1951)
* Scrooge (1970)
* The Set-Up
* Seven Chances
* Short Eyes
* Shrek Forever After
* Shttl
* Shutter
* Silent House
* The Silent House
* A Single Man
* Sixteen Candles
* The Sitter
* Slacker
* Slashers
* The Slumber Party Massacre
* Snake Eyes (1998)
* The Song Remains the Same
* Sorry, Wrong Number
* Source Code
* A Special Day
* Speed (1994)
* Stan Helsing
* The Strangers
* Stress Is Three
* The Stupids
* SubUrbia
* Sudden Death
* Suddenly
* Superbad
* The Swimmer
* Take Me Home Tonight
* The Outfit (2022)
* The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
* The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
* Tape
* The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
* Three
* Three O'Clock High
* Through a Glass Darkly
* The Thursday
* Timecode
* The Towering Inferno
* Touch of Evil
* Traffic (2011)
* Training Day
* Trap (2024)
* The Trench
* Trick 'r Treat
* Turbulence
* Twitches
* Two Girls and a Guy
* Two-Minute Warning
* Ulysses
* Ultraviolet
* United 93
* Unstoppable (2010)
* Vacancy
* Vacancy 2: The First Cut
* Valentine's Day (2010)
* Vantage Point
* A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
* Waiting...
* The Warriors
* We All Die Alone
* Wet Hot American Summer
* Wet Wilderness
* What Happened Was
* When a Killer Calls
* While She Was Out
* White House Down
* Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
* Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
* Willy's Wonderland
* Winter Light
* Women in Trouble
* World Trade Center
* Zathura: A Space Adventure
* Zulu